Dress rehearsal

Life is not a dress rehersal.
Life is the opening night
but the director is AWOL,
you fluff your lines and read
the stage directions out loud.
The soundman switches off
your mic.

Silence.

Life is not a dress rehersal.
Life is the opening night,
but your props are all
Wrong; a mini instead of a jag.
And yor leading man fancies the
Chambermaid, who tried to
steal your part.

The show MUST go on.

No applause at the end,
No encores to make it worthwhile.

No show tomorrow night.